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guys welcome to another video you've got
mr everything english
and i hope you are all doing well now in
this video guys this is going to be hopefully
hopefully
the go-to video for you when it comes to
language devices
let's try to cover 25 language devices
without me talking forever and ever and
ever i'll try to keep it as short
and as succinct as possible but at the
same time making sure
you are able to understand each and
every language device
now before i begin guys as always please
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let's begin
number one guys let's look at pathetic
fallacy pathetic fallacy is when the weather
weather
or the atmosphere describes the mood for
example if it's really really sunny
people are normally really really happy
and if it's raining people are normally sad
sad
now i said atmosphere as well for
example a dark night
a dark night isn't the weather but it is
the atmosphere and the dark knight
brings with it a evil and a nasty atmosphere
atmosphere
so guys pathetic fallacy is when the
weather or the atmosphere
describes the mood number two guys let's
look at personification
personification is when an object nope
let me rephrase that
personification is when a non-human is given
given
human qualities so that i repeat is when
a non-human
is given human qualities for example
this pen the pen
was sitting on the table sitting is the
human feature
by me saying the pen is sitting on the
table i personified
the pen number three guys let's go for
simile a simile is when you compare two things
things
using like or as for example
he was as strong as an ox
she was like a gazelle as she
walked down the street comparing two things
things
using like or as a metaphor guys a
metaphor is when you compare two things
using is or are that's the easiest way i
can explain it
is comparing two things using is or she
is a monster you are a monster i've
compared two things
there's no like there's no as rather i
said she
is a monster you are a monster number
five i believe guys number five extended metaphor
metaphor
an extended metaphor is when you pick a metaphor
metaphor
explain how and basically turn it into a long
long
metaphor for example life is
a roller coaster this is a metaphor
because i've compared life
to a roller coaster life is a roller coaster
coaster
now let's turn it into an extended
metaphor by explaining how
life is a rollercoaster you can never prepare
prepare
for the ups and downs that it will bring
at the greatest heights you will be at
the greatest heights
and at times it will crush but every day
is never
the same just the way every turn on a
roller coaster
is never the same i've taken the
metaphor life is a rollercoaster
and i've basically explained how making
it a long
making it an extended metaphor all right
guys i'm going to make another numbers
because i'm going to forget
this is number six okay number six let's
go for oxymoron oxymoron is when you
have two
opposite words side by side for example
for example for example for example the small
small
giant the small giant is an oxymoron
because we have two opposite words
because giants are not normally small
next number seven guys can we please
look at juxtaposition
juxtaposition is when you have two
opposing two opposite ideas
how do you create juxtaposition you get
an oxymoron
and you explain how for example
the small giant this was a metaphor
let me turn it into juxtaposition the
small giant
was tiptoeing trying to reach the top shelf
shelf
however his small arms and puny fingers
could would not let him grab the jar of jam
jam
i've turned that oxymoron into juxtaposition
juxtaposition
by explaining how the giant is small
guide number eight let's go for
symbolism symbolism is when
objects are linked and present meaning
for example if i were a face mask
you would all think covered if i bought
a nappy
you will all think about a baby if i
bought popcorn
you might think of the movies in macbeth
the dagger
links to death in romeo and juliet the
balcony in the balcony scene
could be a symbol for hierarchy it's
when objects can be linked to wider meaning
meaning
guide number nine number nine is when words
words
across an extract can be linked to one
idea it's called a semantic field a
semantic field guys is when words across
an extract
can be linked to one idea for example if
i said
a ring gloves punch referee
these words link to the idea linked to
the field
of boxing if i said two meters hand
sanitizer face mask
these words link to the idea to the field
field
of coronavirus guys number 10 number 10
number 10 let's look at irony guys irony
worst explained language devices i've
ever come across i only got
very very simple irony is when events in
the text
itself even surprises the characters
for example when mr burling in act 3 of
inspector calls says i'd give thousands
yes thousand this is irony because you
would never have expected
mr burling to be offering money when scrooge
scrooge
changes in a christmas carol this is
irony because you would never of had
expected scrooge to change
and that is irony those the first ten
let's move guys to 11. i must write it
down guys because i will forget
number 11 guys rhetorical question this
is what it says on the packaging this is
a question in a piece of writing that
does not require an answer
how would you feel if i don't know how
would you feel
if you had to wear a face mask all day
for example
number 12 number 12 number 12 number 12
this one guys
this you can find anywhere in any piece
of writing
hyperbole hyperbole hyperbole the answer
is in the name
hyperbole is when you hype hype hype is
when you
over exaggerate so angry i'm gonna kill
him i'm so hungry i'm gonna eat everything
everything
these are hyperboles because i'm over exaggerating
exaggerating
number 12 guys 13 number 13
let's go for assonance now guys in the
english language we have vowels the
vowels are
a e i o u assonance is the repetition of
the vowel sound if i said
light the fire i i light in i
sorry i in light and i in fire
light the fire is accident if i said
i'm too cool for school
that's me repeating the vowel sound that
is created by the letter o
all right guys number 14 number 14
this i really hope i'm the right number
number 14 guys this
is iteration alliteration is when words
in a row
begin with the same letter the big blue ball
ball
bounced down the road bb bbb
can there be a word in between yes
that's fine
can there be multiple words try to avoid
it but guys alliteration
essentially is when words in a row begin
with the same letter
number 15 guys this is the best friend
of iteration this
is sibilance sibilance is when words in
a row
begin with the s letter or have the s sound
sound
for example if i said the snake was slowly
slowly
what was that if i said the snake was slowly
slowly
hissing the snake was slowly hissing
that's better snake slowly
hissed in i've repeated the s sound
this is called sibilance number 16
guys euphemism euphemism euphemism
euphemism it sounds complicated but it's not
not
guy euphemism in the most easiest
definition i give you guys
is when you say something in a indirect manner
manner
for example if i said guys
you've not got long left i'm basically
telling you
that you're gonna die but i'm saying it
in a nice way
if i said he passed away
he's not with us anymore that's a nice
way of me saying
he's dead these are all euphemisms
all right boys and girls number 17 i
believe let's go for emotive language
guys emotive language is pretty
straightforward it's when the
is when the writer makes the reader feel
a particular emotion
this could be anger happiness sadness
whatever the emotion as long as you feel
it guys this is called
emotive language number 18 guys let's go
for onomatopoeia this is when words
describe sounds this is when words
describe sounds crack bang boom
the carving zoom these are all sounds so
when a word describes a sound this is
known as onomatopoeia
number 19 let's go for rule of three
rule of three power of three triplets
whatever your school calls it it's the
same thing
guys rule of three is when words or
phrases in a row
when there's three words or phrases in a
row to describe something for example i
might say
this table is black black
with four legs and is quite hard
black with four legs and it's quite hard this
this
is rule of three number 20 guys we are
on number 20 let's talk about facts
and stats this is when the writer uses
evidence to support what they are saying
if i said
i spoke to 70 of students who said
that mr everything english is the best
teacher on youtube
actually i think that'll be more 95 but
you get what i mean guys
it's when i give facts and stats by
giving facts and stats
you make your writing more persuasive
you make
it more believable all right i believe
we're on number 21
is that number 21 i think so all right
guys number 21
let's look at plosives guys plosives is
the repetition of a harsh
sound normally it's the sounds that are created
created
by letters like per p or d
or k or is the sound that's created by
these letters it's a harsh sound
and this is known as plosives all right
guys let's go for number 22
and let's talk about zoo more fism
all right guys zoomorphism guys
zoomorphism is when
words used in words guy zoomorphism
is when you give a person animal features
features
for example if i said
um john barked at me
i'm trying to say that john shied at me
but by me saying that john barked
i'm giving john animal features of a dog
if you guys have seen
the jungle book mowgli is a character
who is soaking in zoomorphism
because mowgli is hanging out with the
wolves he's swinging off trees
this kid loves zoomorphism it's a human being
being
full of animal qualities
all right guys number 23 this is easy
guys this is easy by account as a
language device
so why not guys opinions use it in your writing
writing
every time you use opinions these will count
count
expert opinions talk to people these
count as language devices
number 24 guys i believe we are number 24.
24.
please talk about repetition repetition
can be a language device
and a structural device repetition guys
is when the writer repeats a word or a
phrase for effect
if you are talking about repetition as a
language device then you're talking
about what
actually is being repeated if you're
talking about repetition of a structural device
device
you're talking about where it's being
repeated and why that is important
and finally guys i want to end it with a
bit of a broad one
i want to talk about what do you do if
you can't find
any of the above 24 then you pick up
number 25
number 25 guys you pick out nouns which
are naming words
you pick up adjectives which are
describing words you pick up verbs
which are doing words and you pick out
adverbs which are words
that describe the verb
guys those were 25 language devices i
hope the video isn't too long i hope
that i'm on board you
i hope you made notes as we were going along
along
use them in your writing first and
foremost learn them there's loads more
that was just 25 i could have probably
gone to 50 but there's loads more
language devices but learn these 25
use them in your writing use them in
your english language exam use them in
your english literature exam
learn to pick them out in your text
as always guys and i mean this recently especially
especially
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